Jones 2006 Cross Index

There can be little doubt that David Jones's (2006) book "A Complete Guide to Native Orchids of Australia including the Island Territories" provides probably the most current and most comprehensive coverage of Australia's native orchids available between one set of covers. However whether, and to what extent, the very substantial taxonomic restructure presented in the book is accepted by the professional botanical community, only time will tell. In the meantime, while many orchid growers will enthusiastically embrace these new taxonomies, many others will exercise their valid right to continue labelling their orchids using the older taxa, waiting for the dust to settle on the scientific debate.

In either regard there are difficulties for users of Jones's book, in their attempt to relate many of these new taxa to older species descriptors. The individual species entries in the text provide no prior taxonomic information whatever; and the index is of limited assistance, and far from complete regarding taxonomic descriptors commonly used over the past decade or so.

For example, looking up Dendrobium falcorostrum, one finds in the index "= Thelychiton falcorostrus". The reader then must look up T. falcorostrus for the relevant page number. However, a reader interested in Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum will find no reference anywhere. Inferring from the index entry "Dendrobium bigibbum = Vappodes bigibba" that one should start looking under genus Vappodes, further reading finds V. lithicola for which the description matches the orchid known as D. bigibbum var. compactum.

These tables constitute my personal attempt to make David Jones's book more user friendly for those needing to reference the earlier taxa. They present a cross-reference between the taxonomic descriptors in Jones's book and the more commonly used earlier versions, with a direct page reference for each species. They may be downloaded from below, in either of two PDF forms - sorted by the earlier names, or sorted by the new names presented in David Jones 2006 book.

What this cross reference is not

These tables are a cross index only - they are not intended to provide information that comprises any part of the content of David Jones's book. Nor is it intended that they provide a comprehensive taxonomic history of any taxon - there are many serious publications and other sources that provide this information. For one such, the reader is directed to Mark Clements & David Jones's "

Earlier Versions

Jones (2006) Versions

The Dendrobiinae

The Dendrobium Alliance

Comments

Genus

Species

Section Name

Common Names

Genus

Species

Genus Common Name

Common Names

Page

Dendrobium

adae

Dendrocoryne

Thelychiton

adae

Cane or Rock Orchids

Slender Cane Orchid

403

Dendrobium

aemulum

Dendrocoryne

Ironbark,  Brush Box or White Feather Orchid

Tropilis

aemula

Feather Orchids

Ironbark Feather Orchid

415

See Note 9.  D. aemulum, Ironbark Form.

Dendrobium

aemulum

Dendrocoryne

Tropilis

crassa

Feather Orchids

Tableland Feather Orchid

416

See Note 9.  D. aemulum, Casuarina Form.

Dendrobium

aemulum

Dendrocoryne

Tropilis

eburnea

Feather Orchids

Rainforest Feather Orchid

416

See Note 9. D. aemulum Rainforest Form.

Dendrobium

aemulum

Dendrocoryne

Tropilis

radiata

Feather Orchids

Brushbox Feather Orchid

416

See Note 9.  D. aemulum, Brush Box Form.

Dendrobium

aemulum var. callitrophilum

Dendrocoryne

Tropilis

callitrophilis

Feather Orchids

Thin Feather Orchid

415

See Note 9.  See also Dendrobium callitrophyllum.  D. aemulum, Callitris Form.

Dendrobium

affine

Phalaenanthe

Vappodes

dicupha

Butterfly Orchids

White Butterfly Orchid

417

See also Dendrobium dicuphum

Dendrobium

agrostophyllum

Trachyrhizum

Buttercup Orchid

Trachyrhizum

agrostophyllum

Buttercup Orchids

Buttercup Orchid

414

Dendrobium

antennatum

Spatulata

Antelope Orchid

Ceratobium

dalbertisii

Antelope Orchids

Green Antelope Orchid

384

Dendrobium

baileyii

Grastidium

Grastidium

baileyii

Gemini Orchids

Blotched Gemini Orchid

398

Dendrobium

bairdianum (syn. to fellowsii)

Eleutheroglossum

Eleutheroglossum

fellowsii

Damsel Orchids

Native Damsel Orchid

396

Dendrobium

bifalce

Latouria

Leioanthum

bifalce

Bee Orchids

Native Bee Orchid

399

Dendrobium

bigibbum

Phalaenanthe

Vappodes

bigibba

Butterfly Orchids

Mauve Butterfly Orchid

417

See Note 4. Jones's only D. bigibbum index entry refers it to V. bigibba

Dendrobium

bigibbum var. bigibbum

Phalaenanthe

Vappodes

bigibba

Butterfly Orchids

Mauve Butterfly Orchid

417

See Note 4.

Dendrobium

bigibbum var. compactum

Phalaenanthe

Vappodes

lithocola

Butterfly Orchids

Dwarf Butterfly Orchid

418

See Note 4.

Dendrobium

bigibbum var. superbum

Phalaenanthe

Cooktown Orchid

Vappodes

phalaenopsis

Butterfly Orchids

Cooktown Orchid

418

See Note 4.